tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post8484129045940576736..comments2024-03-21T01:39:15.537-04:00Comments on Slightly Off the Mark: Titanic Only Latest in Disaster FascinationMark R Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-37728894469272405242012-04-22T01:05:50.561-04:002012-04-22T01:05:50.561-04:00True enough! There was a line in McQueen's con...True enough! There was a line in McQueen's contract stating that he and Newman were to have to exact same number of lines; that's why Newman's character got awfully quiet later in the movie.Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-75838640347434836632012-04-19T10:49:31.494-04:002012-04-19T10:49:31.494-04:00I've seen some of these disaster films. Toweri...I've seen some of these disaster films. Towering Inferno's really good, but any film with Paul Newman and Steve McQueen will tend to be that!William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-34148167890654145382012-04-17T23:18:53.749-04:002012-04-17T23:18:53.749-04:00But the bad dubbing and cheesiness is part of the ...But the bad dubbing and cheesiness is part of the fun!Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-90540804555530494242012-04-17T23:18:18.740-04:002012-04-17T23:18:18.740-04:00Hopefully they'll be carried off by an EF5 tor...Hopefully they'll be carried off by an EF5 tornado!Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-53962598194285818362012-04-17T16:01:43.993-04:002012-04-17T16:01:43.993-04:00I could never get into the Godzilla movies because...I could never get into the Godzilla movies because of the poor job of dubbing in English where there mouths were moving and ten seconds later you heard the dialog. 70's disaster movies were an excuse to get a bunch of B list actors together and then put them in harms way. But I have to say I still enjoy a cheesy disaster movie.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814382247648362550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-84731084053061563912012-04-17T11:58:15.361-04:002012-04-17T11:58:15.361-04:00I've seen almost all of these, Mark...and I...I've seen almost all of these, Mark...and I'm a longtime Godzilla fan. I've been a fan of disaster movies--even the really cheesy ones--since I was a kid watching Irwin Allen's films.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing the Kardashians and the cast of Jersey Shore on the Weather Channel!Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685538277690762655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-30779253050636811882012-04-17T06:36:26.138-04:002012-04-17T06:36:26.138-04:00The big monsters were fun ... the human sized ones...The big monsters were fun ... the human sized ones were often too scary for me, I guess because they were easier to imagine in real life.Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467533615728239939.post-11822664647476840502012-04-17T06:23:30.393-04:002012-04-17T06:23:30.393-04:00Funny, of course. I, too, would stay up late to wa...Funny, of course. I, too, would stay up late to watch Godzilla and other creature movies.shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.com